COVID-19 Life in Italy During the Second Week of Lock-Down It’s the second week of the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy. The entire country is in the so-called “red zone”. About three weeks ago, people refused to take the arrival of this virus seriously, partly because Dr Maria Rita Gismondo, the Director of the Laboratory of […]
Can Italy Attract Tourism Again in 2020 After the COVID-19 Outbreak? It has recently been exciting to experience Italy, to listen to the news reports and to hear Italians make plans for opening up their businesses in addition to mapping out their summer vacations. After having been at home so long, few would like to […]
Daily Life in Italy During the Period of Corona Virus, CoViD-19 For more than a month, Italians had heard of the ‘Corona Virus’ in China, having seen the stories on the news about how the Chinese Government was handling the epidemic. This news seemed like something that was from a far off land that could […]
Opening Up Italy in 2020 Everyone seems to be waiting in uncertainty as Italy prepares to open up once again on the 4th of May after the first coronavirus crisis. There’s a lot of dialogue about helicopter money that should help businesses get back on track while avoiding the possibility of a horrible recession. Not […]